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Fiction Ed’s Blog
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Writing About Historical Characters
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Quick Word-Count Q&A
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Happy Endings
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Once Your Story Is Accepted
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Our Submission Process
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Where Can I Buy Pocket Novels?
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Thinking Of Submitting A Story?
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Rewrites
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: 154 Years Of “Friend” Fiction
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Looking Forward, Looking Back
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Our Best Books Of 2022
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Merry Christmas, From The Fiction Team!
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Artwork In Our Christmas Issue
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Annuals From The Archive
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Our Christmas Stories
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: When Writing Isn’t Going To Plan
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Illustrating Our Competition-Winning Stories
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Our Christmas Reading
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Seasonal Stories, And When To Submit
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Announcing Our Competition Winners!
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Where Does All Our Fiction Go?
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: What We’re Looking For
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: The Fiction Team – What We Do
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Our Serial Writing Workshop
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Supporting Characters
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Retro Older Girls’ Magazines
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Submissions – For Published Authors
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Serial Writing Workshop – Registration Now Open
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Putting The Fiction In Our Annual Together
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Fiction Preview: Special 230
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Quick Questions
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Fiction Team News
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Faster Fiction Feedback
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Exciting News About Our Workshops!
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Writing Competition Update
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Our Cover Artwork, Part Two
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Our Cover Artwork
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Girls’ Comics Of Yesteryear
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Scotland’s Year Of Stories
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Submit Six Months Ahead
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Opportunities For Authors
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Our First Online Workshop
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: About Response Times
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Festive Fiction Now Welcome
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: News About Our Workshop
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: What Photo Stories Taught Me About Fiction
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: We’re Going Back To The Office!
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Anthony Trollope’s Writing Advice
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: News About Our Specials
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Writing A “People’s Friend” Serial
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Your Story’s Journey
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: About Our Payment Rates
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Two Years Of Working From Home
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: The Much-Loved Shirley Hughes
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Will And Wag
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Ten Tips For Aspiring Authors
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Our Word Counts
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: More Than A Magazine
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Fiction Queries And Complaints
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Why The “Friend” Website Is Important For Writers
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: What We’re Looking For Now
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: An Evening With “Byre Writers”
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: 153 Not Out
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Looking Forward To 2022
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Merry Christmas From The Fiction Team!
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Why Haven’t We Read Your Story Yet?
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: Had A Story Rejected?
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Fiction Ed’s Blog: A Trip To The Office
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